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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Emperor of Hindustan Babur

leaves Bābur (903) 86; in Akhsī with Bāyazīd _Itārachī_ (908) 171; sent against Pāp _ib._; arrests Bāyazīd 173-4; wounded but fights for Bābur 174; soon falls behind in the flight from Akhsī 176; in the right wing at Qandahār (913) 334; holds Balkh for Bābur (923) 463 n. 3; sent as Bābur's envoy to Aūzbeg Khāns and Sulṯāns (935) 643. +Ibrāhīm Tarkhān+ _Arghūn_—serving Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_ (901) 58; holding Shīrāz (906) 130; reinforces Bābur 131; one of three Ibrāhīms killed at Sar-i-pul 140-1; his brother Aḥmad _q.v._; [♰906 AH.-1501 AD.]. Qāẓī +Ikhtiyār+—particulars 285; waits on Bābur and examines the Bāburī script (912) 285; is instructed in the exposition of the Qorān by Shaibānī (913) 329; [♰928 AH.-1521 AD.]. +Ilīās Khān+, see Rustam. Shāh +`Imād+ _Shīrāzī_—brings Bābur friendly letters from two amīrs of Hind (932) 463. +`Imādu'd-dīn Mas`ūd+—an envoy of Jahāngīr _Mīrān-shāhī_ to Tramontane clans (911-912) 296. +`Imādu'l-mulk+, a slave—strangles Sikandar _Gujrātī_ (932) 535. +Imām-i-muḥammad+—Bābur's company drink at his house (925) 418; his master Khwāja Muḥammad-amīn _q.v._ +Īsān+, see Aīsān. +Isḥāq Ātā+ (Father Isaac)—his tomb in Turkistān 159. +Iskandar+, see Sikandar. +Islīm+ _Barlās_—particulars 276. +Ismā`īl+ _chilma_, see Chilma. +Isma`īl Khān+ _Jilwānī_ (not _Jalwānī_)—with `Ālam Khān _Lūdī_ (932) 456; deserts him 457; writes dutifully to Bābur 464; speaks of waiting on him (934?) 680; does it (935) 677, 679. +Ismā`īl Khān+ _Yūsuf-khail Lūdī_, son of `Alī—parleys with Bābur at Milwat (932) 459; deported 461. +Ismā`īl Mītā+—Naṣrat Shāh's envoy to Bābur (935) 640-1, 664-5. +Ismā`īl+ _Ṣafawī `Arab_, Shāh of Persia—reference to his capture of `Irāq (cir. 906) 280, 336; gives refuge to a fugitive Bāī-qarā (913) 327 n. 5; ☛ hostilities begin between him and Shaibānī (915) 350; defeats Shaibānī at Merv (916) 18, 318, ☛ 350; sends Khān-zāda back to Bābur 18, 352; ☛ asked by Bābur for reinforcement (917) 352-4; ☛ his alliance dangerous for Bābur 355; ☛ indication of his suzerain relation with Bābur 355; ☛ a principal actor in the _lacuna_ years from 926-930, 427; ☛ his relations with Shāh Beg _Arghūn_ 430; relations with Bābur (927) 433-4; ☛ his death after defeat (930) 443; ☛ Lord Bacon on his personal beauty 443 n. 1; his son T̤ahmāsp _q.v._; his (presumed) Bāī-qarā disciple in Shī`a heresy 262; [♰930 AH.-1524 AD.]. +Ja`far Khwāja+, son of Mahdī Khwāja and step-son of Bābur's sister Khān-zāda—fills his father's place in Etāwa (933) 579, 582; sent to collect boats (934) 598; pursues Bīban and Bāyazīd (935) 682. +Jahāngīr+ _Barlās_, son of Ibrāhīm and a Badakhshī Begīm (T.R. trs. p. 108)—particulars 273; joint-governor of Kābul for Abū-sa`īd 270, 273. +Jahāngīr Mīrzā+ _Barlās Turk_, eldest son of Tīmūr—named in Abū-sa`īd's genealogy 14; is given Samarkand by Tīmūr 85; his tomb in Kesh 83; his son Muḥammad 78, 85; [♰776 AH.-1374-5 AD.]. +Jahāngīr Mīrzā+ _Mīrān-shāhī Tīmūrid_, _Barlās Turk_, son of `Umar Shaikh and Fāṯima _Mughūl_—particulars 17; sent (a child) to reinforce an uncle (_cir._ 895) and then betrothed 48, 189; comes to Andijān after his father's death (899) 32; Mughūl support for him against Bābur (900) 43-4, (903) 87-8, (904) 101; joins Taṃbal 103; a "worry" 104; defeated at Khūbān (905) 113; waits on Bābur 119; summoned for a Samarkand expedition 122; reinforces Bābur (906) 138; a gift to him from the exiled Bābur (907) 150; joins Bābur (908) 173; acts against Bābur's wishes 173-4; flees in panic 174-5; rumoured a prisoner 176; ☛ his occupation of Khujand (909?) 182; Bābur rejects advice to dismiss him (910) 191; deference to him from Khusrau Shāh 193; his part in occupying Kābul 198, 199; receives Ghaznī 227; out with Bābur 233-4, 235-6, 239; rejects counsel to betray him 239; is Bābur's host in Ghaznī 240; his experiences in an earthquake (911) 247; insists on a move for Qalāt-i-ghilzāī 248; waits on Bābur and does service 252-3; his misconduct 254; causes Bābur to mobilize his troops 255; goes to Yaka-aūlāng (912) 294; the clans not supporting him, he goes to Herī with Bābur 295-6; at social gatherings 298, 302; defeats his half-brother Nāṣir 321; his death 331 n. 3, 345; his widow brings their son Pīr-i-muḥammad to Bābur (913) 331; [♰912 or 913 AH.-1507-8 AD.]. Nūru'ddin Muḥammad +Jahāngīr Pādshāh+ _Mīrān-shāhī Tīmūrid_, _Barlās Turk_, son of Akbar—his work in Bābur's burial-ground 710; words of his made clear by Bābur's 501 n. 6; mentioned concerning the _tamghā_ 553 n. 1; [♰1037 AH.-1627 AD.]. +Jahāngīr+ _Turkmān_—revolts in Badakhshān against the Aūzbegs (910) 242; keeping his head up (913) 340. +Jahān-shāh+ _Barlās_, son of Chakū—mentioned in his son Muḥammad Barandūq's genealogy 270. +Jahān-shah Mīrzā+ _Barānī_, _Qarā-qūīlūq Turkmān_—ruling in Tabrīz while Yūnas _Chaghatāī_ stayed there 20; his sons defeated by the Āq-qūīlūq (872) 49; his son Muḥammadī's wife Pasha 49;[2902] [♰872 AH.-1467-8 AD.]. Rāī +Jāīpal+ _Lāhorī_—a legend of his siege of Ghaznī 219; [♰_cir._ 392 AH.-1002 AD.]. Rāja +Jāī-singh+ _Jāīpūrī_—his astronomical instruments 79 n. 4; [♰1156 AH.-1743 AD.]. +Jalāl Khān+ _Jig-hat_—waits on `Ālam Khān _Lūdī_ (932) 456 and n. 4; his house in Dihlī Bābur's quarters 476; his son `Ālam Khān _Kālpī_ _q.v._ +Jalāl Khān+ _Lūdī_, son of`Ālam Khān—deserts his father (932) 457; in the left wing at Kānwa (933) 567 (where for "Jamāl" read Jalāl). +Jalāl+ _Tāshkīndī_—brings Bābur news of Bīban and Bāyazīd (935) 685. +Jalālu'd-dīn Maḥmūd+ _nāī_—a flautist, heard in Herāt (912) 303. Sulṯān +Jalālu'd-dīn+ _Nūḥānī_—Jalāl Khān, son of Bihār Khān and Dūdū—one of three competitors for rule (935) 651 n. 5; writes dutifully to Bābur 659; news of his and his mother's coming 664; waits on Bābur 676; receives revenue from Bihār 676. Maulānā +Jalālu'd-dīn+ _Pūrānī_—origin of his cognomen 306; his descendant Jamālu'd-dīn Abū-sa`īd _Pūrān_ _q.v._; [♰862 AH.-1458 AD.]. Sulṯān +Jalālu'd-dīn+ _Sharqī_, son of Ḥusain Shāh—waits on Bābur (935) 651; particulars 651 n. 5; his man abandons Benares 652; entertains Bābur 652; his son styled Sulṯān _ib._; his gift of a boat to Bābur 663; in the battle of the Ghogrā 669; on service 678. Shaikh +Jamāl+ _Bārīn Mughūl_—his son(?) Shaikh `Alī _q.v._ Shaikh +Jamāl+ _Farmūlī Afghān_—deserts `Ālam Khān (932) 457; serving Bābur (933) 551. Shaikh +Jamālī+—at a feast (935) 631; conveys encouragement to Dūdū Bībī 665-6. Shaikh +Jamālu'd-dīn Abū-sa`īd+ _Pūrān_—particulars 306 n. 2; ill-treated by Shaibānī (913) 306 n. 2, 328; [♰921 AH.-1515 AD.]. Shaikh +Jamālu'd-dīn+ _khar_, _Arghūn_—captor of Yūnas Khān and Aīsān-daulat Begīm (T.R. trs. p. 94) —slain 35; [♰877 AH.-1472-3 AD.]. Mīr +Jamālu'd-dīn+ _muḥaddas̤_—particulars 284; [living 934-7 AH.-1527-31 AD.]. Shaikh +Jāmī+—ancestor of Akbar's mother 623 n. 8. +Jāmī+, see `Abdu'r-raḥmān _Jāmī_. +Jamshīd+, (an ancient ruler of Persia)—mentioned 85, 152. Mīr +Jān-aīrdī+, retainer of Ẕū'n-nūn _Arghūn_—sells provisions to Bābur (912) 308. +Jānak+—recites in Turkī (912) 304. +Jānaka Kūkūldāsh+, (or Khānika)—escapes after Sār-i-pul (906) 141. +Jān-i-`alī+—murdered by Shaibānī (906) 127, 128; [♰906 AH.-1500 AD.]. +Jān Beg+—in charge of _impedimenta_ (932) 458; allowed leave for a raid 464; in a night-attack 471; in the left wing at Pānīpat 472 and at Kānwa (933) 567 (here Jān-i-muḥammad Beg Ātāka); on service (935) 682 (here Jānī Beg). Mīr +Jān+ _Dīwān_—his house in Qandahār reserved as loot for Nāṣir _Mīrān-shāhī_ (913) 338. +Jānī Beg+ _Dūldāī Barlās Turk_—particulars 37 (where nn. 2 and 3 should be reversed). +Jānī Beg Sulṯān Khān+ _Aūzbeg-Shabān Chīngīz-khānid_—his two Mīrān-shāhī marriages of conquest 18, 35; fights for Shaibānī at Sār-i-pūl (906) 139 (where read Jānī Beg Sulṯān); he and his sons at Jām (935) 622; flees to Merv 636 n. 2. +Jān-i-ḥasan+, _Bārīn Mughūl_—sent to reinforce Bābur (903) 92, (908) 161, 170. +Jān-i-nāṣir+—answers a call-to-arms (925) 408. Mīr +Jān+ _Samarkandī_—his distasteful singing (912) 303. +Jān-wafā Mīrzā+—serving Shaibānī in Samarkand (906) 131; escapes on Bābur's success 133. Barlās +Jūkī+—brings Bābur good news, a live Aūzbeg, and a head (925) 408. +Jūha Sulṯān+ _Taklū_,Governor of Ispahān—with T̤ahmāsp _Ṣāfawī_ on the battle-field of Jām (935) 635. +Jūjī Khān+ _Chīngīz-khānid_—a Qāzzāk descendant mentioned 23. Muḥammad +Jūkī Mīrzā+ _Shah-rukhī Tīmūrid_, _Barlās Turk_, son of `Abdu'l-laṯīf (♰854)—mentioned as besieged by Abū-sa`īd _Mīrān-shāhī_ 24; [♰868 AH.-1463-4 AD.]. Sulṯān +Junaid+ _Barlās_ (or Junīd)—particulars 276; his sons Niẕāmu'd-dīn `Alī Khalīfa and Junaid _q.v._ Sulṯān +Junaid+ _Barlās_ (or Junīd), son of the last-entered—incites an attempt on Samarkand (900) 52, 111; serving Bābur (932) 460, 468, 471; in the left wing at Pānīpat 472; sent to help in occupying Dihlī 475; given Dūlpūr 530-1; posted in Jūnpūr (933) 544; in Kharīd (935) 637 and n. 1; joins Bābur late and is not received 667; gives local information 668; in the battle of the Ghogrā 669; on service 679, 682 and n. 2; his wife Shahr-bānū _Mīrān-shāhī_ _q.v._ +Kābulī Begīm+ _Mīrān-shāhī Tīmūrīd_, _Barlās Turk_—abandoned by her husband Badī`u'z-zamān _Bāī-qarā_ and captured by Shaibānī (913) 328. +Kahil+ _ṣaḥib-i-qadam_—gives his horse to Bābur (908) 174. Pahlawān +Kalāl+—wrestles (935) 650. +Kalāntar of Dikh-kat+ (var. _kālāntar_ and _kīlāntar_)—his house used by Bābur (907) 150; his aged mother's story _ib._ +Kalīmu'l-lāh Shāh+ _Bahminī Afghān_—ruling the Dakkhin (932) 482. +Kal-qāshūq+—put to retaliatory death (903) 73. Sayyid +Kāmal+—serving Khusrau Shāh (903) 96 (where for "Qasīm" read Kāmal). +Kamāl Khān+ _Sāhū-khail Lūdī Afghān_, son of `Ālam Khān—in the left wing at Kānwa (933) 567. +Kamāl Khwāja+—his birth-place Khujand 8; [♰803 AH.-1400-1 AD.]. +Kamāl+ _sharbatchī_—in the right wing at Qandahār (913) 335. Pahlawān Khwāja +Kamālu'd-dīn+ _Badakhshī_—in the right wing at Kānwa (933) 566. Khwāja +Kamālu'd-dīn Ḥusāin+ _Gāsur-gāhī_—particulars 280, 281; sent as envoy to Shaibānī (904) 145. Khwāja +Kamālu'd-dīn Maḥmūd+, retainer of Ismā`īl _Ṣafawī_—☛ with Bābur after the defeat at Ghaj-davān (919) 362-3; [♰_cir._ 919 AH.-1514 AD.]. +Kamālu'd-dīn+ _Qīāq_ (var.)—lays before Bābur complaint of the begs of the Balkh frontier (935) 649. +Kāmrān Mīrza+ _Mīrān-shāhī Tīmūrid_, _Barlās Turk_, son of Bābur and Gul-rukh _Begchīk_—☛ the date of his birth App. J, xxxv; ☛ taken on the Transoxus campaign (916-920) 358;